Hewlett-Packard has no plans for a battery recall, despite efforts by several of its competitors to replace millions of notebook PC battery packs.

The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant said that, following a review, it did not see reason to replace notebook battery packs containing lithium-ion cells manufactured by Sony that were shipped with some of its notebooks. Manufacturing defects in some Sony lithium-ion cells have lead to battery packs overheating and even a handful of notebook fires. The condition has lead to the recall of more than 7 million battery packs to date by several top manufacturers.

HP's decision, which the company said in a statement was based on a review of its product design and the lack of any reports of problems from its customers, reinforces its original position that its notebooks were unaffected by similar problems. However, it comes just days after Lenovo Group, which also originally said it was unaffected, and Toshiba each issued recalls for 526,000 and 830,000 packs, respectively. Meanwhile, Sony announced a commitment to work with all PC makers in an effort to replace any additional potentially faulty battery packs as necessary.

Even though it uses similar components as the other computer makers, HP officials say the company designs its PCs somewhat differently.

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